Mumbai_attack: Mumbai Attack (2008) (dataset)

Mumbai_attackR Documentation

Mumbai Attack (2008) (dataset)

Description

On November 26, 2008, a major terrorist attack, known as the 26/11 terror attack, was executed in Mumbai (India) by members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Ten terrorists equipped with advanced weaponry and three handlers in Pakistan, were involved in the attack and five major locations in Mumbai were targeted, causing nearly 260 casualties from ten different countries. The attack was well planned and handlers from Pakistan were in communication with these terrorists, during the attack.

The dataset includes the names of the terrorists and their place of operation (termed location). The edges were constructed based on intercepted phone calls (who-called-whom).

Usage

data(Mumbai_attack, package = "DF21")

Format

(bipartite) igraph object

Source

The data were published in Azad, S., & Gupta, A. (2011). A Quantitative Assessment on 26/11 Mumbai Attack using Social Network Analysis. Journal of Terrorism Research, 2(2). doi:http://doi.org/10.15664/jtr.187


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